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I recommend 'Her Private Life'! Had the biggest 2nd male syndrome after that one haha

I think Andrea is waiting for their engagement (now delayed), and for Gyeo Ul I'm not sure - her mom could be the reason, but even before that situation she was wandering whether to announce that she broke up with her boyfriend (due to many questions from her department), so it's true that she didn't want it announced. But then again, Jun Wan and Ik Sun kept their relationship a secret the whole time that they were dating, so I guess it's just drama logic.

I was surprised that Jae Hak's wife could even get chemotheraphy during pregnancy, didn't know that was possible. I thought that she will have to give up on the child, so it's one good thing among all of the bad that are happening to their family. I'm still hoping that the guy who robbed them in S1 will be caught, they seriously don't deserve such a bad luck.

Yeah, I found it rushed too. They could have easily included it a few episodes earlier.

I also loved some of the songs - those from episode 3 and 4 are one of my favourites from HP so far! And "Superstar" was pretty cool as well. Also I do agree that it seems like a passage between season 1 and 3, I feel the same way you do.

Thank you for being so nice as well. I'm actually still tuning in to the show every week, but I guess like you said, S1 set my expectations a bit too high, that's why I'm complaining so much... But it's great that so many people enjoy the show! And it's cool to be able to exchange opinions, comments I read on MDL have really changed my perspective eyes multiple times.

Maybe what @enigmatic_zephy wrote might have sounded a bit harsh, but I agree that you shouldn't say that "it's almost like people don't understand what slice-of-life is". I do. I believe that most of the people who are here enjoyed S1 and know what slice-of-life is as well.

I believe that a slice-of-life show can be entertaining, and S1 showed us well enough that it's possible, whereas S2 feels like there's much less thought and passion put into it. Are we not supposed to critique any slice-of-life show for being boring?

In this season, there's a lot less humor, a lot less scenes of main 5, the way that the songs are put on the show seems forced, a lot of patient's stories don't have the same spark as in S1. And please consider that most of the love stories were started in S1 - no wonder that people expect some kind of resolution, as it's been around 2,5 years in show's time since the start of S1 (when we include the time-skip).

My main point is - we can appreciate nurse's stories, residents, ER stories, that's all great. I love slice-of-life dramat. But it doesn't mean it can't be well written at the same time, and a lot of people seem to think that S2 is lackluster. compared to S1.

I don't really get the criticism that "what I'm complaining is very romance centric". The show was always romance centric. In S1, we got:
- Ik Jun's divorce, story about an actress he once dated, his love towards Song Hwa, his confession
- Song Hwa's boyfriend cheating on her, and her breaking up with him; her resident being in love with her & her rejecting him
- Jun Wan breaking up with his girlfriend after she was drinking too much, then him falling in love and getting together with Ik Sun
- Suk Hyung being pursued by Min Ha
- Andrea being pursued by Gyeo Ul and wandering whether to choose her or priesthood

And that's just from the top of my mind.

To me, S1 had way more romance than this one actually XD So I don't get why I'm wrong for expecting development in this regard. We got a lot of development last season. When Jun Wan fell for Ik Sun, he confessed and didn't wait a long time for a response. The writers already showed us that we don't need to wait a whole season to get relationship development. And this season feels just like they are waiting to put all of it in the last episodes to create tension and drama, instead of sprinkling development around the whole season. Like Song Hwa is wandering for 1,5 year whether she loves Ik Jun or not? I don't know, but from my experience, if this was supposed to be realistic, than Ik Jun would probably give up on her long ago.

I'm sorry... But the past few episodes just felt like fillers to me, and especially this one... I really don't want to hate and be negative all the time, I know there wasn't a lot of development in S1 as well but I feel like this season is just forced... We get episodes that last nearly 2 hours, but why do I feel like nothing happens...
- IkSong development was a really nice bit this episode. But it's just confirming that they will get together at the end of this season and all of those episodes were just wasted when we could watch their real development as a couple...
- The same for Chu Chu couple... Their scene was so lovely... But why so late in the season...
- Gyeoul's mother was hurt at the end of ep 7 if I remember well? We got whole two episodes with no development on that front? I get that she's confused, not ready to tell Andrea yet, and it's supposed to be realistic. But it's a tv show at the same time! It needs to be cohesive and not bore the viewers! There are other ways to show the viewers that she's hurt, other than dragging it so much! Just put more of her scenes into the episode!
- Ik Sun and Jun Wan... The best example of my point... Seems like the writers didn't know what to do with them this season and that's the reason all the drama... Why did they break up if they were gonna reunite this way... Just for a suspense and emotional scene at the end of the season...
I'm just at a loss - today's episode was so long. I just finished it. And I feel like there was no substance there. Not even patient's stories touched me this time. There were some enjoyable scenes, sure. But not enough to justify the runtime. I really hope something happens the next episode. I know I'm complaining a lot instead of just not watching it, but I every episode I have hope that the plot will take of and I'm just disappointed at the end... But I guess with 3 eps left, it will have to eventually.

The ML lost a big part of his memory (including all memories of his marriage) at the end of ep 15.

Oh, thank you for the info, I was wandering if you're from that field and I wasn't sure!

I actually thought that Min Ha's reaction wasn't unjustified in ep8. Like didn't we get few eps ago a situation when both the husband and his mother wanted his wife to give natural birth pretty much no matter what? That time Min Ha got scolded for not taking the patient to operating room sooner (if I remember correctly). So if the show tells us that there are all kinds of people (even if we wish that everybody was good), I can't see how Min Ha approach is that unrealistic. Her words might have been considered harsh, but if she met the husband from few eps ago I bet she would be right after all.

Yes, I agree, I appreciat that this tragedy wasn't used in any way to develop their relationship, because I would feel bad about it...

That's an interesting observation! I wonder how real life doctors would feel about such an approach. Maybe it's a bit noticeable because such situations happened 2 eps in a row now. In S1 there was a variety of situations, from Gyeo Ul in trouble for asking a patient whether he is an addict, to Jae Hak being saved by Jun Wan from having to apologize to patient's guardian, when he told them that it's not ok to yell at him (I watched S1 a few months ago so I might have some details wrong). The second one especially would be a good one to show that Jun Wan cares for his residents, but in both cases they did get in trouble.

Yes, I actually like their scenes in S2 way more than those in S1, I think they're really sweet. if only Song Hwa showed any interest in Ik Jun I would be so on board with that ship...

Of course not everybody can be happy. But I wish they didn't make themselves suffer even more through not communicating with each other. Like I can handle unhappy moments like their family illnesses, because that's life, but I hope that they will not be hurt due to hiding information from each other... Sorry, hope i make sense 😅 I hope both winter garden couple and ik sun and jun wan get to talk in the next episode...

For the last paragraph, I think you mistook who I was talking about - it was Jun Wan, not Andrea. Unfortunately Jun Wan hasn't shared who he was dating with anybody...

I do see your point with not sharing some things with your friends. I too turn to different people for different advice/support. But if there's no sharing between 99rs, they should at least confide in other people. As far as I see, Andrea is suffering alone with his doubts right now, Jun Wan hasn't shared anything with anyone either (apart from Jae Hak, but that was very small). We didn't see what happened durig time skip, but he surely hasn't told anyone that he knows Ik Sun is back... Ik Jun is keeping it to himself that he has confessed to Song Hwa... There's just too much they're keeping to themselves, rather than turn to someone else for support. I also don't thing age makes them deal with worries without the need for other's advice. Rosa and Director have perfectly fine friendship for example, and they need each other's support even though they are even older... That's what I wish I saw with our 99rs.

Yes, I agree with the theory that Ik Jun saw a picture of Jun Wan. I guess we'll find out if he was the one who intervened in the next episode. I was feeling weird about the preview too, like did Ik Sun jump out of the train so that they didn't get to talk or what lol? They're dragging it out so unnecessarily...

I agree with you, especially with the fact that you might not share everything with the whole group of your friends. But at the same time, you should share your worries with one person at least (if you do have people close to you, and in this situation they do). It's painful for me to watch characters I love suffering on their own, when they're supposed to have a group of very close friends.

An example from the same writer for me would be Reply 1988. The main characters are a close group of friends, but they don't share everything with everybody. But most things are nonetheless shared, they tend to seek advice and comfort from each other. Some things are of course secret for some time, but I feel that there was always somebody who learnt them at some point in time.

And in HP here we have Jun Wan, 2/3 of S2 gone and he hasn't admitted to anyone who his gf was... The most painful scene for me in ep8 was Jun Wan and Andre drinking with each other. Why didn't they talk honestly? No idea, seriously no idea...

Maybe I'm feeling that way because I binged HP season 1 and reply series as well, whereas I watch HP2 on weekly basis so it stands out more...

Yeah, I'd be fine if they were to stay friends as well. But I have a strong feeling that they will still end up together, with some cliche situation like "Ik Jun exwife coming back and trying to get back with him" or "new girl trying to flirt with Ik Jun" and Song Hwa realizing that she loves him after all... And in that moment I'll be mad, because there wasn't any development from her side. Usually I'd say that the writer stays away from such cliches, but given Ik Sun and Jun Wan's plot right now, I'm getting doubtful.

The scene between Rosa and Gyeo Ul was the cutest. Glad that the Winter Garden couple is getting more various scenes. But Andrea seems to feel uneasy... I just want everybody to be happy, but everyone is hurting! Maybe apart from Suk Hyung, he seemed to be relaxed and playful this episode, that was really good to see.